A. G. Kirejtshuka and G. Poinar, Jr.b
aZoological Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, Universitetskaya nab. 1, St. Petersburg, 199034 Russia
e-mail: AK3929@AK3929.spb.edu
bDepartment of Zoology, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon, 97331 United States
e-mail: poinarg@casco.net
Received June 21, 2006
Abstract—Omositoidea gigantea Schaufuss, 1892 is redescribed; O. pubescens sp. nov. from the Baltic amber,
Palaeometopia dominicana gen. et sp. nov. and P. colorata gen. et sp. nov. from the Dominican amber are
described. The taxonomic position of the two genera and their probable bionomy are discussed.
DOI: 10.1134/S003103010706007X
Key words: Nitidulidae, sap beetles, Baltic amber, Dominican amber.
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